Lakeborn Studio

Lakeborn Studio is a one-person game studio in Slovakia. There are two games so far: Slotty on Android and Cardborne on Steam.

Slotty app icon: a pink piggy bank with a gold coin

Slotty: Charm Roguelike

Android · Free · Out now

Lucky charms bend the odds. Build your engine, beat the target, survive the run.

A roguelike where your build is a machine full of lucky symbols. Think deckbuilder, but your deck spins. Every run starts with a plain machine and a score to beat. Hit the target, then spend what you earned on charms that make clovers land more often, turn clouds into wild rainbows or double every line.

Miss a target and the run is over. You keep your stars, spend them on permanent upgrades and try a different build. No in-app purchases, no energy, no timers, and it plays fully offline.

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Slotty: lines, towers and zig-zags scoring on the machine Slotty: the charm shop between rounds Slotty: Rocco the raccoon offering a mystery card
The Gambler, a hand-drawn Cardborne hero holding an ace of hearts

Cardborne

Windows and macOS · Early Access, out now · Free demo

A roguelite played on a real deck of cards. No deckbuilding.

Clubs and spades are enemies, diamonds are weapons, hearts heal. One rule turns every room into a puzzle: your weapon can only kill an enemy of the same or lower value than its last kill. Kill the 9 first and the 6 and the 4 are still in reach. Kill the 4 first and they are locked out.

The kills stacked on your weapon form poker hands. Straights, flushes and pairs pay out HP and XP, then clear the weapon so higher enemies are back in reach. Every level up offers three of 14 jokers, rooms grow from 4 cards to 10, and each of the three stages ends with its own boss. The art is drawn by hand or licensed from other artists, and the game plays fully with a controller.

Get it on Steam Try the free demo

The full core loop is in, and more content comes during Early Access. If you enjoy it, a review on Steam helps a lot: it is how Steam decides who gets to see the game.

Cardborne: the kills stacked on the weapon scoring a Straight Flush Cardborne: choosing one of three jokers at level 7 Cardborne: The Crooked Throne event card with two choices

Contact

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